Major Events
- Feb 12 Battle of the Herrings fought during Hundred Years' War when French and Scottish troops unsuccessfully attack English convoy (carrying barrels of herrings) near Rouvray
- Apr 29 Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans
- May 7 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army
- Jun 11 Hundred Years' War: the start of the Battle of Jargeau (France)
- Jul 16 Joan of Arc and the French army enter the city of Rheims
- Jul 17 Dauphin crowned King Charles VII of France (despite having been king since 1422)
- Nov 4 Joan of Arc and Charles d'Albret liberate the heavily fortified town of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier after a siege
Who Died in 1429
- Jun 22 Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
- Jul 12 Jean de Gerson, French theologian (Theologica mystic), dies at 65
- Sep 28 Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria
Famous Weddings in 1429
- Jul 14 Duke Philip the Good (33) weds Isabella of Portugal (32) by proxy (he in Burgundy, she in Portugal)
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